Title
Test-assignment: a quadratic coloring problem
Abstract
We consider the problem of assigning the test variants of a written exam to the desks of a classroom in such a way that desks that are close-by receive different variants. The problem is a generalization of the Vertex Coloring and we model it as a binary quadratic problem. Exact solution methods based on reformulating the problem in a convex way and applying a general-purpose solver are discussed as well as a Tabu Search algorithm. The methods are extensively evaluated through computational experiments on real-world instances.The problem arises from a real need at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Bologna where the solution method is now implemented.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1007/s10732-011-9176-0
J. Heuristics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Binary quadratic programming,Reformulations,Heuristics
Mathematical optimization,Vertex (geometry),Quadratic equation,Regular polygon,Heuristics,Solver,Quadratic programming,Mathematics,Tabu search,Binary number
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
19
4
1381-1231
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
9
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jelle Duives110.35
Andrea Lodi22198152.51
Enrico Malaguti331221.69